BrewDog #MashTag 2015

So it's back to the future with this #MashTag. Back in 2015 the pick of the polls was this 10% Black Barley Wine, brewed with five different American hops, vanilla and toasted oak chips. Delivering a rich and resonant beer, with layers of complexity. The deep roasty chocolate base from the malt is intertwined with vanilla, before giving way to resinous pine and a slightly herbal edge from the high-alpha hops. The finish is long, warming and heavy with the weight of beery egalitarianism.

OG 1098

Malts Cara, Carafa, Munich, Pale, Extra Dark Crystal

Hops Cascade, Centennial, Hallertauer Taurus, Simcoe

3.8

278 reviews

Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Community reviews

3.8 Sampled from the tap at Brew Dog Barcelona. Pours near black with a grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dark grains and toffee with caramel and bread underlying. Flavor has boozy toffee and dark grains with strong caramel and vanilla backing.

3.3 23.12.2019 A bit disappointing. Sweet aroma, in taste bitter and sweet, not nice bitter aftertaste

3.3 330mml. bottle as part of the "EFP Brewdog Advent Calendar. Day 9". @home. 12/12/2019. [#3.136 Global - #78 Scotland - #26 Brewdog]. Black colour with a medium tan head. Good retention. Aroma is dark chocolate, soft vanilla and oak. Taste is oak, dark chocolate, soft wood and grapes. I didn´t get the vanilla on mouth. Smooth finish. Next one please!

4.1 22-NOV-2019, bottle @home, from Brewdog Hamburg. Dark, dark brown with a lasting, slightly lacing, off-white head. Aroma is chocolate and caramel. Taste is chocolate, caramel, oak, tar, prunes, lots of prunes actually, grape fruit, pine, and alcohol. Soft carbonation, average body - could have been more heavy, bitter, sweet. This is really a fine BW. Complex.

3.8 Bouteille de 33 cL offerte par Lucie. Robe noire opaque sans mousse. Arômes malts torréfiés, chocolat noir, vin cuit, boisés. Texture huileuse, carbonatation moyenne, faible amertume. Notes résineuses, pain grillé, café, vin cuit, boisé. Finale sèche portée sur le grillé

4.2 I bought this in a bottle at a local brewdog bar. The beer poured black and was very drinkable. Easy to enjoy this barley wine.

3.6 Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Deep amber-brown with beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel, chocolate, raisin, alcohol, coffee. The flavor is mild sweet and mild bitter with notes of alcohol, raisin, caramel, milk chocolate, a bit oily, roast. Full-bodied.

4.1 Last bottle from my last EFP 6+6 Bottlebox. A fitting finish! Very BrewDog, very dark brown with a large bubbly beige head. Sweet molasses on the nose. Thick oily mouthfeel, not too sweet. Stone fruit, coconut, tamarind and treacle. A nice barley wine, midway between barley wine and stout.

3.4 Bottle a tasting. Brown, beige head. Molasses, fruity esters, prunes, chocolate. Sweet, vanilla, caramel, chocolate, prunes, oak, alcohol. Medium-bodied, fizzy.

3.7 Bottle. Pours black. Aroma and flavor are roast, malt, sugar, sweetness, bitterness, hops, caramel. Overall: good+

3.9 Black color with lacing tanned head. Aroma has dark ripe fruits, dark malt and vanilla. Taste is malty sweet with long a bit sweet aftertaste. Flavors of caramel, vanilla, dark malt, dark fruits and coffee.

4.2 330ml bottle from BrewDog Tallinn. Pours black, beige big fluffy head. Aroma is hoppy, fresh herbal hoppy notes, resinous, oaky, citrus, grassy. Taste is hoppy, grassy, citrussy, resinous, piney, herbal. Roast, vanilla and mild chocolate comes more in aftertaste. Some liquorice in finish. Medium + body, average carbonation. Very well balanced, well hidden abv. More like black IPA, but very-very nice brew!

3.9 Bottle from BrewDog online store Quite different barley wine to what I tried so far. Offers a bourbon feel with a touch of vanilla. I've quite enjoyed it

3.9 Tap@BrewDog, Tampere, Finland. Strong, balanced nuances of roasted malts, overriped fuits, vanilla, warming alcohol. Highly hopped. Wide taste spectrum long aftertaste with hoppy dark fruits and some roasted malts. Medium/strong body with low/medium carbonation. Overall, distinctive though bit too much IS nuances for the style. 7 4 8 4 16

3.5 Bottle @ Slovak tasting 08/2019. Medium, tanned, average retention head. Dark brown, hazy colour. Aroma is malty, bready, caramel, toffee, mellow fruity. Taste is full malty base, mellow fruity, caramel, toffee, bit vinous, herbal, decent harmonic long lasting bitterness, good one, enjoyed.

3.6 Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, vanilla, chocolate, light roasty notes, light sweet, medium bitter. Full body, malty bitter sweet finish. Ok.

3.5 Bottle at a tasting. Mostly malty, feeling slightly rough though. Alcoholic, burnt ash. Good but not great.

3.6 Bottle, kindly shared by Wendigo, many thanks. Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma of dark malt, vanilla, chocolate. Taste, dark malt, nougat, nuts, harsh alcoholic bitterness.

3.2 Bottle at Slovak tasting 08/2019. Pours dark brown color, beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla. Taste is sweet, chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt, sherry.

3.7 330ml bottle. Jet black colour with small to average, thick, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. Chocolately and caramel malty aroma, notes of almond, liquorice, herbal hoppy counterpart. Taste is bitter, roasty, chocolately and caramel malty, notes of caramel, hints of toffee, almond, dark chocolate, liquorice; lingering bitter, spicy, liquorice finish. Full body, oily texture, soft and minimally sticky palate, fine, refreshing carbonation. Intense, but well balanced, quite homogeneous, harmonious, holistic - undetectable, fully integrated oak and vanilla.

4.5 Hossa!! Da geht was!! Lakritz, Holz und schwarze Johannisbeeren!!! Black Toffee Bourbon Bomb!!! Interessant intensiv, was die Malze,Vanilleschoten und Hölzer zusammen so fabrizieren... ölig, blechernd & stechend⚡️Ein ImpyStoutClone mit nerdy Weltklasseformat💀0,33l Buddel aus dem WEYERMANN FANSHOP in Bamberg💥

3.7 Bottle, thanks G! Dark fruits, light butterscotch, berries, dark wooden notes. Medium sweetness, mineralic, not too bitter. Slick, dries up, pearly carbonation.

4.1 Piana drobna trwała, zdobi szkło. Kolor czarny. Aromat zdziwienie, przyjemny chmielowy, cytrusy, cytryna, w tle czekolada, zaskakujący bardzo przyjemny. Smak słody, karmel, trochę gorzkiej czekolady, posmaki wyleżakowanego amerykańskiego chmielu, zaznaczona goryczka. Całość gra piwo złożone Bardzo Dobre.

4.3 Bottle at home, not sure where from, 12th May 18. Love a black Barley. Pours black as night, aroma is liquorice, molasses, burnt caramel, roasted malts. Taste is sweet and bitter, the benefit of the 85 IBU is felt here, mollases, black treacle, liquorice, wood, barrel, mellow notes, perhaps from the vanilla, really bitter faded hoppy finish that fills the mouth and lingers. Fantastic barrel wine, with Brewdog features and a good age on it.

4.3 Black barley wine, that is something new. Small dark brown head. Roasted malt, vanilla, molasses and some oak. Taste is light malty bitter with nice wood notes. Full body with long lasting aftertaste.

3.7 KØLF 060418. Black color with a tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, alcohol, caramel, vanilla. Flavor is roasted malt, alcohol, caramel, vanilla, resin, licorice, raisin, oak. Full body. Nice beer.

4.0 #2068 Bottle. Black to ruby, minimal tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, cherries, alcohol, plums and prunes. Taste is quite bitter, neutral. Roasty, wild cherries, vanilla, bourbon, dark grapes, alcohol, wood/berrel, black currant, bubble gum. Fuller body, low carbonation. Amazing beer for slow sipping :) Personal note: 1/5 beer for wedding anniversary.

4.1 Bottle 0.33l. Really dark red colored. AROMA- licorice, honey, pleasant alcohol, dark fruit, povidla (plum jam). FLAVOR- neutral to dry, lightly bitter, licorice, pine, dried apple, povidla, tart berries, touch of warming alcohol. Fuller bodied. Great.

3.9 Bottle a black colored beer with a beige head aroma malts roasted malts spicy citrus frtuis laurel coffee vanilla alcohol and hops flavor roasted malts spicy fruits dark fruits citrus laurel coffee alcohol vanilla and a bitter hoppy aftertaste

4.3 Danke an drnosha, Schwarzes Bier schöner schaum, im Geruch traubig beerig fass Noten dunkle Schokolade dunkles Karamell, etwas Mokka und beerig im Geschmack schön weich Karamell mit sehr leckerer Vanille Note, sehr feines Bier